eprintid: 5157
rev_number: 8
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Mengesha, M H
creators_name: Rao, K E P
icrisatcreators_name: Mengesha, M H
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, K E P
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: World Sorghum Germplasm Collection And Conservation
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
abstract: Germplasm is the most important raw material for any
crop improvement program, and yet the possible extinction of
this invaluable resource is a reality the world has to face
(10,18). The origin and early domestication of sorghum
most probably took place in the northeast quadrant of Africa, in
the Ethiopia-Sudan border area extending westward to Chad (3,8).
Other areas in West Africa and Asia are also important centers
of diversity. It is in these areas that original landraces
still exist but are also endangered (6, 18). If man is to
avert food shortages and subsequent famines, he has to
accelerate crop improvement programs, starting with the collection
and conservation of the vanishing germplasm.
date: 1990
date_type: published
publication: Plant Genetics and Breeding
volume: 150
pagerange: 90-104
event_title: proceedings of a workshop on evaluating sorghum for tolerance to al-toxic tropical soils in Latin Americaproceedings of a workshop on evaluating sorghum for tolerance to al-toxic tropical soils in Latin America
event_location: Cali, Colombia
event_dates: 28 May - 2 June
event_type: workshop
refereed: TRUE
related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=World+Sorghum+Germplasm+Collection+And+Conservation&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_sdt=1.&as_sdtp=on&as_sdtf=&as_sdts=5&hl=en
related_url_type: author
citation:   Mengesha, M H and Rao, K E P  (1990) World Sorghum Germplasm Collection And Conservation.  In: proceedings of a workshop on evaluating sorghum for tolerance to al-toxic tropical soils in Latin Americaproceedings of a workshop on evaluating sorghum for tolerance to al-toxic tropical soils in Latin America, 28 May - 2 June, Cali, Colombia.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/5157/1/0141.pdf